Display cabinet



. July 10, 1928.

M. c. sAPlNsLEY DISPLAY CABINET Filed'lvlay2.y 1924 :s sheeis-sheet 1IIIIIIIHIMMIIIIHHIHIIIIIIIIIHIHIIHIIIIIH NL C. SAPINSLEY DISPLAY CABINETFiled May 2, 1924 5 sheets-sheet 2 M BVM shoelaces. Y .v y

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f i. 'vnisrLAY CAB'INEn-f Application mea, May 2,

' facture of adisplay device especially adaptpackaged articles suchy ased; for the Asale oi'A vplay and to a certaincxtent.includes'automaticfeatures Whichpermitthe replacement 'ott-he laces when a :pair isremoved bythe cust'omeig, V t. i

Figflis -a perspectiveview'of my device, theparts being separated andcuty away r'to show the interiori and exterior construe tion.

Fig'. 2 VWhen assembled andiiviewed `iromabove.

Y Fig. 3 isa ife'rticaleifoss'fsectionV ofuthe fdevice.

. Fig. 4 isaperspective vien7 of a typeof shoe lace box and-lacesfusedin connection with theVA device. l l Figz is a perspective view ofa modification oitheinvention.` l?

InFigs.' 1 to 41 inclusive, vice 1 has a base orstand '2, on Which ismounted .a .spindle 3 Vlilebody member l5 having a bottom-plate straightlines 8 andthe center ot each side.V being cut away toformcentralrVshaped,

' forth. 4The-"body is "held inl-place on the base by a 'pin 10 'passingthrough the spm- I pdle, which does not interfere Withvthe turny do,when the hood is itted over the body] VG ofthe. general'contourshown,thebottom spindle can pass,

Walls 7, the cornerscut away to form openings Vfor..purposesjlhereinafter set f ing of the device. 'A hood 11, adapted to lit around'the ,bocly, yis preferably polygonal `having side walls12,1.andscomparatively narrower corner Walls 13. l A

These side Walls4 are not so deep as the corner Walls and 'do not extendto the bot- I tom plate of the body as the corner Walls lnmaddition, thecenter of the bottom edge of each of the shorter side Walls is providedwith a centrally V-shaped opening 11i. The central vertical lines of thecorner Walls are in Contact with the vertical edges forming the cornersof the VWalls on the boX, and the bottom edges of the ,corner Walls reston the is aperspectve view of my device the vending clewhich carries *aboX-l v .11924,seriainogmogoa straight ietl the`- 'corners p of thebottom platev ofthepbox, when. the hood'isfplacedl @Ver the' box.

:In lthis position thereis :'a. space between; y

the hood andthe box Aalong the sidewalls,

vsutlicient-'*toy permit the entry of a shoe lace Yreceptacle or 4cartonl5, having a-.cent'ral V- shaped ,opening 16. in vits lowerV end .Wallyshaped. openings -9- and '1d-fin'thej-bottom plate ot rthe body and invthe hood vvall's i respectively', When the. *receptacleA or .carton iis'lforced ldown so that its bottom rests on the;

'lhereceptacles orcartons are preferably vof the same` Width as `theside edges `,of the :botetomfplate. 'andi high. henou'ghto reach". aboveextending -portfionyoff fthe, bottom d plate 6.

l The method otassembling-thisvendor. and# itsy employment is jas,Afollows :The base ,and spindle ybeing assembled,the body 415imountedthereon; by passing thespiiidlef 'through the holes'y in thebottom. andvtopn-of the box, the' pin. lOlbeing passedthrough"` the topof 'thepspindlef The .hood lli'is then passed over the body, the sideedges, of the body bisecting the corner .'Wlallsof. the i hoodf The hoodispus'hed down untilthe bottom of cachot its corner Wallsv rest-szon thecornersbtgthe bottom plate 4of thelbodyf member,r the bottom edgeof thecornerw'alls V of the hood parallelingithe straight corners E of thebottom plate; This leaves-freely ero` posed notonlythey-(shaped,openings in" thebottom ofthe sidewallsebut alsoopen spacesbetweenfthe .bottom edges of the walls andthe sides of the bottom plate.The cartonsv of shoe laces, Withthe covers ree sid-e moved, are theninsertedbetween-the .Side`r `Walls ofthebody member and the side Wallslof the hood and pushed downvuntilthe bot-fl tom of the kcarton restsonthe bottomplate ovigthe bodyem'ember, leaving exposed .the bottom shoelaces in the carton. `A? cover 19 is placed on top of the ho-od. Theopening thus formed by` the V-shaped open'-- ings in the bottom ofthecarton, bodyand hood permit the fingers of the purchaser to leases thevpair immediately abovev the one* removed, land causes the lacesremaining in the `boxV to slip down and expose to view the pair next.succeedingthe one removed;

grasp a pair of shoe laces which action re- As each successive pair isremoved the next slips down until the box, is completely empty.`

The dealer desiring to replenish the stock of the vendor has only toremove the cover, and replace the empty carton with Ya full one. f Y

lg. is a perspective view of a modification in which the invention iseinbogdiediin,

an integral structure, Va base 2O being provided with a. spindle 22having a pin 23 passing through it near the base. A platforni 24 ismounted on the spindle and supportedi by the pin'23, suchplatform-having;

its central opening 25, through which the spindle passes, of sullicientsize to permit it to revolve freelyon the spindle for purposeshereinaftervset forth. Y

On the platform is a 'box-like structure consisting ofa topr26,supported by a pin 28a passing through the spindle, and a casing 27 yinthe form of` compartments com- 'Y means of-'nails-- or screws 3L.

Vp'rising rfrontV walls 28 andl side walls 29.

The top has a central opening L through which the spindle passes. Thesecompart-v ments `are fastened to the -top by means offy strips integralor attached to the side walls andextending downward only part way theAlength ofthe front walls, the strips being nailed to the toplof' thestructure by The lower part of the front wallsof-'the compartments arecut away to' form open? ings 14e. The cartons of lacesl as shown in Fig. 4cV are passedithrough the slots or openings32 to rest,y onVthe'.compartiments, the

laces being exposeol'inV the openings 14C of theV front VWalls of theVbox and (')penings 97 in the platform 24,as in the other modifica.-tions so that the purchaser ymay take them from the openings and in sodoing canse the i laces lying in the upper part ofthe cartons course, itcan be colored-and adapted'to 'carry advertisements at will.`

It `is contemplated lto liavethe device stand on a counter or show case,so the customer AsV can be adaptedI can turn the device on the spindleuntil the side carrying posed to view. l

l/Vhile the device is here shown as adapted to shoe laces, it cannaturallybe adapted to vend any device which would lit into the cartons.Y The shape andvarious proportions of the device'can be varied at willas long as its automatic functions are .carried out as explained above.

I claim:

l. A display cabinet ofthe character defr scribed, comprisingasupporting base having a spindle, a body journaled -on the spin--v dle*andI havingopposed side walls rat right angles to each other, saidlbody having a the desired shoe laces are exea Y bottom laterallyprojecting beyond the side walls andv provided with'notches mediallywith respect to each side \if'all,1articl`e containers of tray-likefor-m covering the inajory portions of the side walls and having notchedlower ends the last-named lnotches beine in .3

register with the notches inthe bottom, and

a hoodentirely surrounding the body with. its corners angularly disposedandabutting'- the corners of the body, the portions. of the hood betweenthe angular corners beingfcutaway at their lower ends to provide slotsadjacent to the notches.v

e. A aispiaymbina of uit charmer deTV scribed, comprising a base, a bodyrotatively.

supported on the base and having flat opposed side walls, said body`havinga bottom projected f'beyond the side walls and provided withnotches, article. containers carriedrby the sidewalls and 4havingnotched lowerV ends,-the last named notches being in regbottfom andlmerging into the,

'ister with the notchesinthe bottoin,a hoodA surrounding the body vwithits cornersl angularly disposed andagainstjthe corners ofthe said body,theportions of the hood between theV angular corners rbeing cut-away atthe, lower ends to provide slots adjacent the-.bota

tom andmerging into the notches in the bot-v tomand containers, andavremovable cover telescoped over the hood,.the edges of the hoodconfronting theslots beingnotehed in alignment with the containers. f

notches in the bottom and;

. Signed Vat Providence, in the.` county of Providence andlState ofRhode `island, thisk 28` day of April, 1924i.

